Rand Paul: Foreign donations to Clinton Foundation 'thinly veiled bribes'
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By Mike Allen
3/20/15 2:55 PM EDT
Updated 3/20/15 4:36 PM EDT
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told POLITICO on Friday that foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation are thinly veiled bribes, and said Hillary Clinton should return any donations from Saudi Arabia or other countries that abuse the rights of women.
The normal Clinton response is to cover up, deny, refuse to acknowledge, Paul said in a telephone interview as he was being driven through New Hampshire. But the question is whether the country will rise up and respond to the unseemly nature of accepting foreign donations.
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Paul said that in addition to Saudi Arabia, the foundation should return donations from the United Arab Emirates and Brunei.
In countries that stone people to death for adultery and imprison people for adultery, this is the kind of thing you would think someone for womens rights would be standing up against, instead of accepting thinly veiled bribes, the senator added.
In remarks for delivery to Republican activists Friday night at the Carroll County Lincoln Day Dinner in North Conway, N.H., Paul will say: There has been much talk of a war on women. There is indeed a war on women in Saudi Arabia. When Hillary Clinton claims she will support womens rights, ask her why she accepted millions of dollars from and then he plans to mention specific countries.
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Rand Paul: Foreign donations to Clinton Foundation 'thinly veiled bribes'